<p>The Supreme Court on Friday castigated K N Satheesh, the executive officer (EO) for Kerala’s Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, for making “wild” allegations against the Travancore royal family.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench of Justices T S Thakur and Anil R Dave told Satheesh, a senior IAS officer, not to get “carried away by ideologies, revolutionaries and politics” while acting as the temple’s executive officer.<br /><br />‘Wild allegations’<br />Senior advocate K K Venugopal, appearing for the royal family members, pointed out K N Satheesh’s “wild” allegations in an affidavit to the court.<br /><br />K K Venugopal said the executiive officer (EO) questioned the half-hour slot given to the royal family every morning to exclusively enter the temple to offer prayers. <br /><br />Counsel complained that the officer had described practice, allowed by the Supreme Court , as “reminiscent of the social evil of untouchability of the past era”.<br /><br />After reprimanding K N Satheesh for making these allegations, the Supreme Court asked him to withdraw his affidavit.<br /><br />The court also directed him to file a fresh afadavit. <br /><br />Direction of the court<br />Meanwhile, the Supreme Court directed former comptroller and auditor general Vinod Rai to complete the audit of the trust for the period between 2004 and 2014.<br /><br />The court directed him to submit his report.<br /> </p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Friday castigated K N Satheesh, the executive officer (EO) for Kerala’s Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, for making “wild” allegations against the Travancore royal family.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench of Justices T S Thakur and Anil R Dave told Satheesh, a senior IAS officer, not to get “carried away by ideologies, revolutionaries and politics” while acting as the temple’s executive officer.<br /><br />‘Wild allegations’<br />Senior advocate K K Venugopal, appearing for the royal family members, pointed out K N Satheesh’s “wild” allegations in an affidavit to the court.<br /><br />K K Venugopal said the executiive officer (EO) questioned the half-hour slot given to the royal family every morning to exclusively enter the temple to offer prayers. <br /><br />Counsel complained that the officer had described practice, allowed by the Supreme Court , as “reminiscent of the social evil of untouchability of the past era”.<br /><br />After reprimanding K N Satheesh for making these allegations, the Supreme Court asked him to withdraw his affidavit.<br /><br />The court also directed him to file a fresh afadavit. <br /><br />Direction of the court<br />Meanwhile, the Supreme Court directed former comptroller and auditor general Vinod Rai to complete the audit of the trust for the period between 2004 and 2014.<br /><br />The court directed him to submit his report.<br /> </p>